Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bh2000.py", line 33, in <module>
    cnx = mysql.connector.connect(**config)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/mysql/connector/__init__.py", line 155, in connect
    return MySQLConnection(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/mysql/connector/connection.py", line 123, in __init__
    self.connect(**kwargs)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/mysql/connector/connection.py", line 430, in connect
    self._open_connection()
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/mysql/connector/connection.py", line 393, in _open_connection
    self._socket.open_connection()
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/mysql/connector/network.py", line 375, in open_connection
    errno=2003, values=(self.get_address(), _strioerror(err)))
mysql.connector.errors.InterfaceError: 2003: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'host xxx.db.1and1.com:3306' (8 nodename nor servname provided, or not known)

import mysql.connector

cnx = mysql.connector.connect(user='xxx', password='xxx',
                              host='xxx.db.1and1.com',
                              database='xxx')
cnx.close()

db = mysql.connector.connect(user='xxx', password='xxx', host='xxx.db.1and1.com', port=3306)